Improvement in carpet-beaters



E. BUSS,

CARPET-BEATER.

No.186,076, Patented Jan.9, 1877.

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EZRA BUSS, or SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARPET-BEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [86,076, dated January9, 1877; application filed April 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA BUss, of Springfield, in the county of Clarkeand State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Carpet-Beater; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making partof this specification- Figure 1 being a side view of the carpetbeaterFig. 2, a side view of the same, taken at right angles to the view inFig. 1; Fig. 3, a view corresponding to the view in Fig. 1, with acentral longitudinal section of the handle; Fig. 4, a front end view ofthe same.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

My invention consists in a hand instrument for beating carpets,substantially as hereinafter specified.

The carpet-beater, in its simplest form, is composed of a whip ofwirepreferably steel wire-bent around at the outer or free end, andhaving the inner end or ends inserted in a suitable handle.

The construction which I prefer embraces additional features ofimprovement, as represented in the drawings. The wire whip A, doubled atthe middle, so as to form a rounded end, a, as shown, has also acircular bend, b, on each part of the wire, near the handle B, so as togive additional flexibility and elasticity thereto. Its inner ends areinserted in the handle, and have eyes or rounded loops-c 0, throughwhich a pivot-pin, d, passes, on which the whip turns or vibrates, andthe handle has slotsff, in which the whip vibrates to some extent, sothat it will be free to strike the carpet and rebound therefrom withoutimpediment by the handle. At the edges of the slots are blocks or pieces9 g, of india-rubber or equivalent elastic material, so that the whipwill strike them in its movements, and have a more elastic reboundthereby, and not jar the hands through the handle. All this part of thehandle is inclosed by a ferrule, h, which fits on the slightly-taperingend of the handle B, and can be easily removed.

The whip may be three feet long, more or less.

This instrument is very efficient and easily operated. It is cheap anddurable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A carpet-beater composed of an elastic wire, A, and handle B,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. In a carpet-beater, a double-armed elastic wire, bent around at thefree end, and pivoted at its other end to a handle, B, substantially asherein specified.

3. In a carpetbeater, a handle, B, provided with slots ff, in which thewire whip has a limited vibratory or swinging movement, substantially asand for the purpose herein specified.

4. In a carpet-beater, a handle, B, provided with india-rubber blocks g9, against which the whip strikes in its vibratory movements,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

5. In a carpet-beater, an elastic-wire whip, provided with bends c c,substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

Specification signed by me this 28th day of February, 1876.

EZRA BUSS.

Witnesses:

G. H. PIERCE, S. F. MGGREW.

